The Trooper - I'm trying to be in The Iron Maidens VOTE

[MrKe4bss]

Where were these sweet Goddessess when I was growing up??????

[saugusg16]

Yes, you play awesome! You could be the Janick Gers of the band, 3rd guitarist.

[rakkasan94]

your great keep it up...up the irons

[SpookeyEyeGhost]

You can't really hear her guitar much here, but anyone who thinks she's "air guitaring" should watch some of her other stuff. She's better than some dudes on here. And the pervs need to let up. great job!

[ricardobq666]

@zedshadows The way you played Adrian Smith's solo along with the track, it sounds like janick is play the solo with you. I like that. And awesome Job. Up The Irons!!!

[666HeMiK666]

Sorry, but i don't hear your guitar. Thumb down.

[orangeguitarmusik]

AWESOME! Keep it up girl.

[xHardcorexism]

Ur not playing .l.

[macaasdasdsadsad]

the solos you dont can

[JgHaverty]

to the nay sayers, even IF shes "air guitaring" (shes not), her fretting and picking movements are dead on. so suck it :D

[OdysseyToPurgatory]

@JgHaverty lol yeah like thats a hard thing to do but i get you point either she was playing it unplugged cause i did not hear anything but the track in the background or she is faking it

[zedshadows]

@JgHaverty Thank you! I am playing, otherwise I would not have received a request from the Iron Maidens manager to try out.

[kjchicago1]

@zedshadows You should make it! You should be in the band!

[scottson2]

if you play guitar you can see she is obviously forming the barre chords correct. no reason to doubt this video.. besides, just love to see female maiden fans. not enough of them IMHO...

[83boomer]

Hey I play this too, but on guitar hero lol

[nitroford7900]

Nice technique..very relaxed!

[Oliverrrz]

You from on Peru???

[iluvmyaxe]

dont beleive everything u hear ,and i dont really think she playing this .....

[zedshadows]

@iluvmyaxe I am check out my other videos

[iluvmyaxe]

@zedshadows not bad very good job so i revised my comment i think she is playing this good job

[bassshredder16]

@zedshadows ur good

[1IronMaiden123]

your playing is great and your hot too, you should be in iron maidens :)

[yichkaan]

this look very real this girl fucking rocks hell yea!!!

[Leask089]

THIS AINT FAKE SHE REALLY ROCKIN NICE RJAM ZEDSHADOWS

[ia10649]

good girl

[studmeow]

Since we don't know if the axe is plugged in or not, for all we know this could be glorified air guitar. Do another version with just you and your guitar.

[zedshadows]

check out trooper revisited

[zedshadows]

@studmeow I did check it out

[banedm]

Great job! You should give Back in Village a shot. You look comfortable playing in the 7th-12th, so it should work well for you.

I looked for your other The Trooper vid, but can't find it.

[thebeast666mike]

I love you! next time play in your bra! hahaha

[xaleu]

lower the radio volume and the guitar up!

[patziela]

boobs

[TheSlevaslava]

its so hot that u like iron maiden i love u?

[lotrringereras]

sorry girl but u ll never be in iron maiden i really dont think they need anyone else, they are perfect the way they are

[MrToniClifton]

Great job girl!

[dood6494509]

Damn you're cute!

[TruckyNiggets]

You have excellent taste in guitars and music.

[bengativo6]

screw the iron maidens.iron maiden is the best .and unique band in the world.the iron maidens are just a waste of talent.they could be making their own stuff.instead of making the shadow of iron maiden

[d14d]

Her axe is coming in right above the cd which is at like 60% max audio. She's at like 75% max volume wise.

[drummerjoe97]

wow......awesome......just pure awesomeness........don't ever stop playing

[fivestring65]

Nice job young lady. You make my 80's rock heart proud. Keep it up!!!!!

[mortalmisfit]

I cant really hear you playing over the song but I'm sure you play it well though.

[ColKorn1965]

I can offer nothing but encouragement to a young person who has ambition.Go go go go go!

[zman3819]

quit girl but cant hear what she is really playin and just take that yellow shirt off

[stevemoriz]

marry me?

[Phyle9]

\m/ \m/

Dave Murray!!!! woohoooooo

[suffertrip]

i think your great. iron maiden is my fav. band.

[BasilaPPP]

WOW! Say in russian - AHUENNO

So stable and clear - very professional!

[oNeKOG]

Nice!!!!!

[thatmetalsoldier]

golly so hot n rad!

[RythmTR]

I love that kind of trooper ;P

[MRWHITE3535]

great!!!! how long have you been playing?

[zedshadows]

@MRWHITE3535 Now 5 years

[udigur]

a sexy and pretty good guitarist girl with great taste in music? you're great! loved ur vids, keep it on

[Timurnator1990]

PERFECT WOMAN. METAL + beautiful

[alfonsokissarmy1994]

you are very sexy but your guitar not sound i only hear the backing track bye baby

[magotalica]

well, you are acting very well

[zedshadows]

check out my other trooper video you cna hear me play it

[HermanVaLen]

You're rock and very hot!

the music is too loud so i can hear your guitar sounds... but it's very nice try...

btw, what is your name?...

[zedshadows]

check out my other trooper video you cna hear my play it

[taserthis1984]

It looks like your fingers are playing the right notes but I can't hear you over the track!!!!

[zedshadows]

check out my other trooper video you cna hear my play it

[sloopdogg18]

youu rockk ! *-*

[sk8girls13]

omg they should let you in

i would so go see you if you made it

you rock hard :D

[dudebeer36]

I cant even hear your part, music is TOO loud

[zedshadows]

go to the video i have attatched with this one, I re-did it with music down and both solos.

[Phyle9]

♥♥♥♥♥

\m/

[Nilerulesall]

Did u learn this song by ear or tab?

[tataturtleman4]

fuck yeah! up the irons!!!

[elsylvio]

you are so beautiful.....

[jzolamine]

at least in Brazil there is no anyone better guitarrrist than her. (female)

[matthiasvb01]

omfg...

[sonico73]

Great job keep rocking...

[tochi2]

do you wanna be Adriana Smith on iron maidens stage? =) you did nice job.... my favorite in that band was Heather Baker .... i don't know why she was replaced.... =(

[A7WFG]

Heather left the band for family reasons. The current Adriana Smith is played by Courtney Cox (not the actress).

[laloterrazo]

felicidades muy buena tocas muy bien

[CristobalHdS]

que locaso aora las chicas estan en el poder con la guitarra jaja xD!!! y pensar que antes era raro ver a una flaca tocando una guitarra con distroi jaja xD!!!

[Sclorched]

Great job!

[CobrazVeNoMx]

very good

[Detoxx23]

don't have to hear her,, if you know the song and know how to play it,,, u can plainly see she is playing it in the right postions on the guitar!, its not FAKE,,, well done zeds,, i love the song and play it all the time,,, Up The Irons!!! \m/

[plumberfiddle]

cant even hear her

[queenluk]

FAKE

[munkeefork69]

wow ur a fucktard the fingering is all correct not fake actually dead on for the most part fucking awsome vid 5/5

[Phyle9]

I hope you win!

You're a good "Adrian"

[ViciaoalWoW]

acaba el cover y luego nos enseñas las domingas

[STELIOS155]

nice boobs! ^^

[CobrazVeNoMx]

perv

[Chrisjeeees]

nice tits ^^

[CobrazVeNoMx]

perv

[Skullcrusher1]

Holy awesomeness batman! You play this song so much better than most anyone on here! (you know besides Iron Maiden themselves but they are the gods anyways)  totally 5 stars. you should be in the Iron Maidens.

[triumphelf]

\m/ \m/

[grindyadown]

Sorry girl, but unfortunately the iron maidens have just added 2 new members for adrian smith and bruce dickinson.

what a pity.....

[Scumkill2]

That's hell impressive when woman play electric guitar... Great playing.

[anutoldlegend89]

I like zedshadows she's not like those other girl guitarists who toot their horn and then when you watch the video you hear a piece of shit player. Great vid man

[fimothystorm321]

amazing playing

[AEFic]

Wow, I had no idea so many chicks played metal guitar on youtube. This video is one of the ones that are GOOD. I used to shred to the maiden, back in the day... good times...

[cbarrett34]

Great job and you're really cute too

[M4rzoCch1]

i am speechless. this is just awesome, great work!!!!!!!!

[tatometal]

awsome job keep it up

[pikelesdenagar]

Wooow AMAZING!!!

a friend asked me to learn the part of Adrian, and your video has helped me a lot. thank you!!!

of course you will be in The Iron Maidens =D

[ravner1976]

very kool!!! howd your audtion go? are you using the Bandit 112 here as well?

[ibanez991]

thats hot...

[guitarlespaul]

awesome

[DBDForever]

I don't think my last comment went through..

[jasonjaxon]

we should jam.

[Metallica666girl]

omg that's so good :) i saw your videos earlier you're just so good:P way more better then me , for how long have you been playing?

[zedshadows]

A little over 3 years now, your really great yourself!

We should try and do a double video of a song or something, that'd be sweet! Like an Iron Maiden song and you do one of the solos and I'll do the other lol

[Metallica666girl]

omg sorry i'm not good in solo's:P i suck in it xD rythm is more my thing ^^ but i'll try to find a song :) sounds like fun :P you'll hear from me :)

[DBDForever]

If you ever have the ambition, I would want to do a split vid with you. Wasted Years maybe?

[zedshadows]

How would we do that?

[DBDForever]

Windows movie editor or another editing program. You take one role I take the other and carefully splice it together. If your up to it, it was just a thought

[zedshadows]

Which role would you like?

[DBDForever]

I would like to be Adrian to your Dave. You take more lead and what not

[zedshadows]

That sounds awesome!

I'll have to re-learn Wasted Years, it's been awhile since I've played it lol

[DBDForever]

Ok, so I've been learning the song. I was wondering if it wouldn't be to much hastle but could we change roles? I'm not comfortable playing that solo Smith does.

[don1schon]

hey u rocks

UP DA GOD DAMN FUCKIN IRONS

[DBDForever]

Good cover. You should strive to be Dave though. Both great but Dave is like one of my Gods

[zedshadows]

I LOVE Dave, he gave me 3 of his guitar picks and tried to touch my hand and talked to me while on stage, he's SO nice!

I have pictures where he's posing for me too actually lol

[DBDForever]

SHUT UP!!!!! I envy you so much! I've only been to one Iron Maiden show and I was in the pit. Watching him just made my jaw drop. That's so badass tho. I'm planning this project (maybe done at the end of '09) to remake his black Strat with the double humbuckers.

[axlrose1ster]

wow

[ETAFehtEPACSE]

any tips on practicing those horrid triplets?

T.T

[rgjmce]

i love u lol

[CherubicGuardian]

You should turn the backing track down, because I can't hear your playing.

[Dgfer09]

you are amazing!!!

[amnahp12]

LOVESSSS. <3 <3

but yeah it's hard to hear. I also love that solo you were working on; how's that coming along?

[11slash711]

shreditize me captan

[RunOut1724]

Can't really hear your playing you got the volume on the song up 2 high. Ive seen ur other vids so i know u can play but id like to hear you play it.

[Guitarwannabee]

I'm a Fan....GW

[megatop412]

Holy shit. I was totally rocking out to that. The Trooper was the first Maiden song I ever heard, it was a video on Headbanger's Ball back in 1991. I hope you attain whatever goal you are after.

[zedshadows]

Wooo haha, thanks!

[jsrockguitar]

Awesome.

im putting this in my favorites. lol

[zedshadows]

aw thank you!

[ironbird01]

Pretty Slick there!! At Least You aren't making Annoying "noise" like I was! =D Turn It UP!!

[zedshadows]

Ahahaha shit yeah I should've turned down the Maiden track behind it so you could hear me more, but oh well.

[janronny5]

Very nice!

Perfect timing etc. 5stars!

[zedshadows]

Thank you!

[emgzz]

Marry me!!!

[shoto604]

You are way too talented for that camera. Quality was ok. Cover was perfect.

[zedshadows]

It's just my Mac's built in camera, works pretty well I think haha

[shoto604]

Yeah, if it's there and free, go for it. Ugh, you're so much better at guitar than I am.

[zedshadows]

Oh don't worry, I'm sure if you practice with other people it'll help you out.

It really did for me.

[shoto604]

Yeah. My sweeps are improving. Thanks =]

[Utuber426]

What's your set up? How long have you been playing? Do you know your theory to? or just tabs? Damn! nice cover!

[zedshadows]

I've been playing over 3 years, I don't know theory I taught myself, but I've just started lessons 'cos I want to be a music teacher =D

I just use my amp [peavey bandit] and my guitar, that's it.

[trunk102]

hey, I saw the iron maidens at the swap meet! If you end up joining, I'm usually in the audience at the front, so I'll yell I SAW YOU ON YOUTUBE!

[zedshadows]

Hahahaha I don't think it'll happen, my mom won't let me go Ahahahahaha

[barts1314]

O.oHOLYSHIT

your amazing

[zedshadows]

Thanks!

[zedshadows]

*blush*

[maryo94]

You're very talented, this solo was great :D you should try to play the second one :]

And what about beauty.. hot 5/5 for movie

[zedshadows]

Haha thanks!

I didn't learn the second solo because at the time I only had to know Adrian Smith's part.

[Neoclassicalman]

5 stars

[zedshadows]

thank you!

[0Dorcha0]

Great one! I would give 10 if that would be possible! :-D 5/5!

[0Dorcha0]

*if that WAS possible, lol, my mistake :-D

[zedshadows]

Ahahaha aww

[thereapinggallows]

great job! your very pretty.

[zedshadows]

Oh my *blush*

[zedshadows]

Canada* haha

[thearcanist]

not a fan of iron maiden, but i rate you...not many girl guitarists of your age that listen to metal..im impressed :), are you british btw?

[zedshadows]

Nope Serbian and Armenian, but I'm from Cananda =D

[bongolow07]

+1 for using Ibanez! :D

[GutshankMetallian]

Nothin' better than a beautiful girl with great playing skills. :) Good job

[Mrocznakupa]

nice work :)

[Jeskall]

u should lower the backround music i cant hear ur guitar :p

[AtticusTribune]

just found this cruising around youtube and i can honestly say i am suprised, your songs are done very well (especially holy orders) i dont know waht you are going for but ithink you have the talent for it, good luck!

-AT

[shakey64]

good job samantha!..You got my vote..and good luck.

[jorgesguitar]

that girl is awosome nice solo part your playing better more and more

[zedshadows]

Thank you!! =D

[lphybridsoldier5]

that was pretty good and u got the solo down =] awesome playing zed..if thats ur name, Lol.

[zedshadows]

Hahaha my names Samantha, I just put that as my username a LONGGG time ago :P

[lphybridsoldier5]

Ooo ok..SAMANTHA..and i rather not ask about the username as it may stood for somethin hahaha. either way.have a good one hun. STAY METAL..like moi.

[zedshadows]

Ahaha I SHALL \m/